Alan Robert Webster

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Alan Robert Webster (born 1965 in Hatfield, Hertfordshire{{Cite web|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Babysit+couple's+vile+sex+attacks.-a0140734866|title = Babysit couple's vile sex attacks. - Free Online Library}}{{Cite web|url=http://search.findmypast.co.uk/results/world-records/england-and-wales-births-1837-2006?firstname=alan%20r&lastname=webster&eventyear=1965&eventyear_offset=0|title = Search Results for England & Wales Births 1837-2006}}) is a high-profile English prisoner who pleaded guilty to several counts of rape against a 12-week-old baby girl, and making indecent images in January 2006. The girl was being babysat by his girlfriend Tanya Louise French (born 1986 in Wolverhampton{{Cite web|url=http://search.findmypast.co.uk/results/world-records/england-and-wales-births-1837-2006?firstname=tanya%20l&lastname=french&eventyear=1986&eventyear_offset=0|title = Search Results for England & Wales Births 1837-2006}}), who also pleaded guilty to charges related to the attack. Webster also pleaded guilty to the rape of a 14-year-old girl and possession of child pornography.

He was sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum term of six years. This was increased to eight years by the Court of Appeal on 8 June 2006. Lord Chief Justice, Lord Phillips stated in his ruling that he questioned if the Parole Board should ever consider Webster's release considering the "depravity" of the crime. French was jailed for five years at HM Prison New Hall, Flockton, West Yorkshire, and has since been released.{{cite news|title=Baby rapist's sentence increased|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/beds/bucks/herts/5057164.stm|accessdate=May 10, 2014|newspaper=BBC News|date=June 8, 2006}} {{cite news |title=Hatfield Baby Rapist back in jail |url=https://www.whtimes.co.uk/news/hatfield-baby-rapist-back-in-jail-5446054 |access-date=3 May 2024 |work=Welwyn and Hatfield Times |date=12 March 2009}} Judge Findlay Baker said of the case "There are no words to express the abhorrence such offending generates".[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/beds/bucks/herts/4599524.stm BBC retrieved 5th Feb 2010]